Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-17
WILL TRY AGAIN.
COMMITTEE on BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Decides to Recommend the Adoption Of New Plans
for School Building in Washington Dis
tict-A Probable Go This Time

A meeting of the Committee on Build
ings and Grounds, of the Board of Educa-
tson, was called for last evening TO exam
inc the plans for new school building in
Washington sub-district. 1t will be re-
membered that the plans recently adopted
by the Committee were found to be little
too expensive to suit the Board, when the
bids were made for the construction of the
building and the Committee was instructed
to again advertise for plans for an ediice
not TO exceed i'll cost So, 600.
The plans submitted at last evenings
meeting were numerous. Messrs. Dob
bins, Ellingham, Naylor, Mccoy and Ebe-
ling were present. There were presented
for their consideration three plans from
Architect Wells, one from Chas. Z. Hamil-
ton and two from A. S. Wagner, of Will
Transport, Pa.
Mr.. Wells were undoubtedly the most
suitable to the requirements OF the school
and they were the ones considered. Any
one would have proved satisfactory to the
Committee, but after examining them
thoroughly and discussing the merits of
each it was decided by unanimous vote
to recommend to the Board tt adoption
of No. |.
Mr.. Wagner, of WilliamspOrt Ither got
a little blast in the meeting, for after read
ing his letter to the committee in reference
to e'submission of his plans, Clerk Hall
read private letter to himself from the
gentleman, in which he offered Mr.. Hall
$50 if he would work for and secure the
adoption of one his plans and an addi-
tional $50 if Mr.. Hall could secure him the
superintendency of the work. That is the
reason Mr.. Wagner's plans were not taken
into consideration, although the commit
tee looked at them. Clerk Hall was in
structed to return Mr.. Wagner's plans in
proper shape.
A letter from J. W. YOst, q Columbus
architect stated that the sum, $25, 900, is
too small to build good properly arranged
house, unless some things are left ont to
be afterwards supplied as extras, and that
u building answering the necessary re-
quirements could not be put up for the
figure named. Mr.. Yost gave these rs his
reasons for not submitting plans, but he
would put in his oar if $50, 900 were made
the limit.
The plan adopted by the committee is
an excellent one and will doubtless result,
if selected by the Board in the erection of
a first-class school building On the first
floor there are seven school rooms, each
having cloak room attached, all of which
are entered from spacious main hall,
leading into which are two main entrances
from the front OF the building. On this
floor also there is 4 large German room, Il
principals office and an apparatus room.
Two broad stairways lead from the lower
hall TO the second story, which contains
six school rooms, grammar room 4iX2
feet in size, and two class rooms lexis feet
each. All Of these rooms also have cloak
rooms attached. The school rooms aver
age "a! x30! feet and are well lighted, the
light entering from the left and rear.
Two stairways also lead from the first
story to the basement, which, with the
heating apparatus is arranged the same as
in the first plan submitted TO the Board by
Mr.. Wells. The whole building is most
conveniently laid out, and it is probable
that at the meeting of the Board on Thurs
day evening, the plans will be adopted.